Organnall Too much about the plot just didn't add up, the writing was bad, some of the scenes were cringey and awkward,

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Benas Mcloughlin Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

JohnHowardReid All the same, without "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Big Sleep", Humphrey Bogart's reputation as Mr. Ultra-Tough Guy rests entirely on Raoul Walsh's "High Sierra" (1941) (available on a 10/10 Warner DVD). "Mad Dog" Earle is an inveterate loser, an embittered hood with an odd streak of compassion and sensitivity that finally destroys him.Bogart's performance emerges as more clearly shaded than in his previous roles and the final scenes of the film in which he defiantly meets his death — and freedom — on top of the mountain have an impact that cannot be equaled. If Bogart had continued in this fatalistic vein, he may well have laid a claim to a unique, immovably tough-guy image. Instead he made "The Big Shot" (1942) (available on DVD, at Warner Archive) in which he plays another has-been bandit, but this time dies nobly to save a mixed-up kid! And then, of course, came the exotic "Casablanca". Romance with a capital "R".

moonspinner55 Humphrey Bogart is superb as Mad Dog, an ex-con plotting a Los Angeles jewel heist, becoming involved with two very different women, Ida Lupino and Joan Leslie. Intricately plotted adaptation of W.R. Burnett's book (by Burnett and John Huston!) given stylish, exciting direction by Raoul Walsh. Bogie's gangster persona is still surprisingly fresh at this point, and his tightly-controlled acting here ranks with many of his later, more popular performances; Lupino is also first-rate. A fantastic, influential film in gloriously rich black-and-white. Remade twice: in 1949 as "Colorado Territory" and in 1955 as "I Died a Thousand Times". *** from ****

Edgar Allan Pooh " . . . that wasn't wrong," confesses ten-cent hooker "Marie" (Ida Lupino) to Public Enemy Number One "Roy" (Humphrey Bogart). HIGH SIERRA reveals that gasoline cost about 24 cents per gallon in the high mark-up area of California's desert, but obviously inflation has pumped up the price of sex even more than that of gas since WWII. Roy is a poor sap who's been watching too many doctor movies, and believes that he can get a girl half his age simply by underwriting a little cosmetic surgery. Of course, Humphrey himself is so soft that he felt terrible seeing Ida walking toward the gas chamber in THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT, so he writes her a get-out-of-jail-free card toward the end of SIERRA. Unfortunately, Ida's dog "Pard" (Zero) eats Humphrey's homework, so SIERRA concludes with Ida once again chamber-bound. Hanging, frying, or gassing women was a frequent theme of American flicks from this period (remember Mary Astor in THE MALTESE FALCON, among others), since it was the only way one infamous member of the MPAA censor board could get off. This Perv had little interest in seeing the MEN actually most guilty getting their just desserts on film: Note how "Louis Mendoza," SIERRA's "inside man," gets off Scot Free, along with ALL of the well-heeled Crime King Pins wearing suits more expensive than Roy's.

gavin6942 After being released from prison, notorious thief Roy Earle (Humphrey Bogart) is hired by his old boss to help a group of inexperienced criminals plan and carry out the robbery of a California resort.Why is Ida Lupino top-billed in this film? I am not sure exactly who she is, and why they considered her a bigger star than Bogart (especially when Bogart has the bulk of the screen time). Not saying she was terrible or anything, but it just confuses me looking back.This is a nice story of redemption, or lack thereof. Earle balances his jewel heist skills with his compassionate side of helping a young woman get foot surgery. There is also a strange love pentagon going on.